Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers

15 JumpCrisscross 4 9/15/2025, 5:19:20 PM politico.com ↗

Comments (4)

bruceb · 9m ago
Article doesn't mention the pay once. No matter what you think about this issue, this is total trash journalism by the reporter Samuel Benson and Politico. No wonder people don't trust news sources.
lithos · 1h ago
32k to 34k from entry-level to expert level. Basically businesses choosing to close over offering pay raises.

Which actually can make sense with competition still on illegal workers, and larger scale competition using prison labor.

throwawayqqq11 · 47m ago
I am sceptical about raises solving workforce shortages in agriculture, even in the long term. Immigrants are more willing to relocate, have higher work moral, are less likely to resign on the spot and less likely to officially complain or make demands. All this is a huge boon for the lower income labor market.

The biggest problem with immigrants is not their crime rate (its below natives), its the trump voters who repeatedly vote against their interests and disrespect human beings, their economy relies on.

How do you solve that? My bet is on slavery.

general1465 · 18m ago
I think more automation is likely.